William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, and Mertie West lean on a railing on the Santa Monica pier, Santa Monica, 1941
Item Overview
- Title
- William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, and Mertie West lean on a railing on the Santa Monica pier, Santa Monica, 1941
- Photographer
- West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
- Date Created
- January 12, 1941
- Date
- 1941-01-12
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- West (H. H.) Collection
Notes
- Description
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Mertie Whitaker West was H. H. West's second wife. Gilbert Cecil West was the son of Evert and Myrtle West, and H. H. West's second cousin twice removed. William Roscoe Wright was Gilbert's friend.
William Roscoe Wright, Gilbert Cecil West, and Mertie West lean on a railing on the Santa Monica pier. There is a boy on a scooter at the left and other people walking and standing on the pier. Below them, there is a sign reading, "24 Hr. shore-boat excursions. Excursions. Chart boats. Clark Boat Service" and below that, in part, "take that interesting trip out around the fishing barges down to Santa Monica..." At the left, there is an advertisement for the Port Hole Café. Mountains, houses, and the beach are in the background.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w acetate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
acetate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
-
Wright, William Roscoe
West, Mertie Whitaker, 1875-1972
West, Gilbert Cecil, 1919-1985 - Location
- California--Santa Monica
- Longitude
- 34.008611
- Latitude
- -118.498611
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Soldiers--American--California--Los Angeles
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1998_1917_001
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002hvg4b
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.